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About us » Academic Profile, Awards and Accolades 2009-2010
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Academic Profile, Awards and Accolades 2009-2010
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Great things happen all the time at CCHS! Cooper City High School is an outstanding institution of higher learning. We are very proud of the many accomplishments attained by students and staff and present to you the following well-deserved recognition that has been attained this year that leads to our “Continuing 'A' Tradition of EXCELLENCE”. CLICK BELOW TO VIEW OUR
2009-2010 Events: CCHS awarded FIVE STAR SCHOOL Recognition
We are proud to announce that the Florida Department of Education has honored CCHS as a FIVE STAR school for 08/09. This distinction is based on yearlong documentation and fulfillment of 29 criteria for exemplary community involvement. We thank our wonderful business and community Partners In Education for their commitment to the students and staff at CCHS. It due to these business partners, along with the SAC committee, families, and the many hard working Parent and Student Volunteers that logged numerous hours, that allowed us to achieve this distinguished award for the second year!!
Congratulations to former AP Debra Kerns and her committee for doing an excellent job of due diligence in submitting the volumes of documentation involved in the application process. We are also proud and thankful for all the wonderful Partners and volunteers that make CCHS a great school! Go Cowboys!!
Two CCHS Debate Students Qualify for Nationals!!
At the CFL National Qualifying tournament held this past weekend at Michael Krop, two of our students qualified to nationals! The students are Spencer Shweky and Gabby Heinlein. Our CFL district includes all the schools in Miami Dade and Broward, and only six kids from each event qualify to Nationals, so this was a great accomplishment. We had one other student who finished as a semi-finalist, Matt Weinberg. But for Spencer and Gabby, on to Omaha! - Submitted by Melvin Tanner, Speech & Debate Coach
Cooper City High School wins honors at the District Literary Fair, May 2010 Andrew Kirsch....Ekphrastic Poetry...3rd place Rebecca Flayman...Fable...2nd place Alejandra Rodriquez...Sestina Poem...1st place Holly Buttach...BCTE Poet Laureate...2nd place Novel Day for Students Short Story Contest Rob Cohen...1st place Aaron Levine...2nd place Myles Notkin...3rd place Please congratulate these students when you see them..AND Please congratulate all of the English teachers for instilling a love for the written word in their students. The Lariat wins Journalism Awards The Lariat picked up 11 awards May 15, 2010, at the Sun-Sentinel High School Journalism Awards against some tough competition.
1st Place "Best Feature Writer" - (tie) Ashley Nichols and Sydney Altman 2nd Place "Best Feature Writer" - Alyssa Fisher 2nd Place "Best Entertainment Writer" - Alexandra Levinson 2nd Place "Best Photographer" - Daniel Yanks 3rd Place "Best Editorial Section" 3rd Place "Best Entertainment Section" Honorable Mention "Best Sports Section" Honorable Mention "Best Columnist" - Daniel Kallin Honorable Mention "Best Entertainment Writer" Meghan Roberts and Alyssa Fisher
Congratulations to all the students on their superior work. Tom Grozan, Journalism Adviser CCHS National Honor Society Receives Award
Congratulation to our National Honor Society who were awarded the Gold Chapter of Distinction Award at Friday's convention. The Gold Chapter of Distinction Award is the highest award that can be bestowed upon a Broward County Chapter of National Honor Society. Also, congratulations go out to Matt Shuham and Natalie Riusech who were elected and will be representing Cooper City High School as Vice-Presidents of Broward County National Honor Society. They put on a great campaign and led the other candidates by a large margin. Submitted by Jorge Ditas, National Honor Society Sponsor
CCHS Wrestling team Wins 3rd straight District Title
The CCHS District Champion team | In addition to our 3rd straight District Title, we are 4th in the state for team GPA. Here's a pic of our district Champion team. Congratulations to Coach Sodergren and all team members!
CTV Wins at Nationals
After an unfortunate disqualification in the Sweet 16 due to technical problems (missed it by 4 minutes due to computer slowness) CTV rallied and successfully competed in individual competitions. The results are as follows: 2nd place - Broadcast News Writing - Maxine Shepard 2nd place - "Tell the story editing": Jessica Alpern and Lauren Lopilato 1st Place - Short Documentary: Angela Robledo and Nicole Payton And the biggest award of STN, bigger than Sweet 16 and only one is given:The National Excellence Award for a weekly news show. Congratulations to our CTV students.
Florida DECA State Competition
Over 1,500 students competed at the Florida DECA State competition March 4th though the 7th. The business, networking and interpersonal skills these student learn and use on these trips will benefit them for the rest of their lives. CCHS DECA turned in a stellar performance. One hundred twenty four students went on the trip. Of these, 54 were winners, finishing in 1st through 6th place, and "making the stage" at the awards program. Congratulations to teacher and DECA Advisor Brian Chalk and the following students for their hard earned victories. Next stop, DECA Internationals in Louisville at the end of April.
All-Star Boys Basketball
Congratulations to Josh Heintz, boys basketball player has been selected to the South-Central All-Star Boys Basketball team that will play in one of the 2010 BCAA Boys All-Star Basketball games, March 11, 2010 at Coconut Creek HS.
District World Languages Competition
CCHS Spanish students won 12 1st place, 5 2nd place, 2 3rd place, and 4 4th place awards at District Competition. When you see these students, please tell them "felicidades".
- IMPROMPTU SPEAKING:1st Place -CAROLINA ECHEVERRI, BRETT HELMS, JAE-EUN LIM, JAEKOOK LIM. 2nd PLACE -ALYSSA SOFFER, SUMEDHA UPADHYAY. 4th Place -SIMON SHUHAM.
- DECLAMATION: 1st Place - BRETT HELMS. 2nd Place - CAROLINA ECHEVERRI, JAE-EUN LIM, JAEKOOK LIM. 4th Place - SIMON SHUHAM, ALYSSA SOFFER, SUMEDHA UPADHYAY .
- TALENT:1st Place: PRIYA KAMATH, ALEJANDRA RODRIGUEZ.
- TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS:1st Place -GAL HELLED .
- POSTERS: 1st Place -UZAIR MOHAMMED, NATALIE RIUSECH. 3rd Place - ASPEN LEE .
- PROJECTS: 1st Place -PRIYA KAMATH, JENNIFER MOLINA. 3rd Place -BRITTANY SMITH.
CTV receives Honorable mention (4th Place) in the School Tube Newtwork (STN) National News Challenge.
All footage used in these contests must be shot by students during the 5 days of the challenge event. No file footage or “fair use” footage from other media outlets may be used. No part of a story previously produced may be used. All work is based on a theme given at 9AM to all schools at the same time. The theme was "Growing Up Too Fast". Due to a confidentiality agreement between the subject and CTV, the piece will not air on CTV. It was used for competition purposes only. We congratulate the following CTV members that took part in this contest during the week of our Homecoming Festivities: Jody Steel, Angela Robledo, Ben Cohen, Max Mittler
CCHS Student Director Wins 1st Place
CCHS student Jessica Alpern, is one of two Broward students that placed in the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF). She was awarded 1st Place in the Short Documentary category for directing "Blank Tape": The documentary catches up with acclaimed Flanagan High School Rock Band Blank Tape. With more than 200 entries, 2009 marked the largest number of videos submitted in the high school competition. These pieces will be screening at the Cinema Paradiso in Fort Lauderdale on October 24th starting at 10am. http://www.fliff.com/event_details.asp?eventid=343.
English/Writing Awards
We would like to recognize Robert Gomara, senior, who was 2nd place winner for the City of Sunrise Foundation – Word Up! Poetry Slam. He was selected out of 50 students from Broward County, for writing and performing original poems with uplifting themes – including education, charity and empowerment. Megan Matthews (12) and Oliver Doren (12) have been cited as winners in the 2009 NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing. Our Language Arts department also received a commendation from the National Council of Teachers of English for excellence in their instructional program as revealed by the contribution of the high quality of writing. Megan and Oliver competed with 1,783 Juniors from across the country for this prestigious prize. Their names will be mailed to over 3000 institutions of higher learning as “superior student writers”. CTV Wins Big at FSPA TV Competition
At the competition that took place in October 2009, CCHS received the most awards of any school in The Florida Scholastic Press Association (FSPA) District 7 broadcast competitions:
1st Place - On the Spot Video Photojournalism - Ben Cohen, Myles Sica, Dustin Schreiber 1st Place - Carry in - PSA, Brittany Stout, Michael Tintner
2nd Place - Carry in - Every Student has a Story -Francesca Capua, Angela Robledo, Nicole Payton
3rd place - On the spot Newswritiing - Taylor Slingerland, Corrina Dolan, Maxine Shepard
Honorable Mention - Carry in Show Intro - Jody Steel, Max Mittler
Congratulations to Mr. Pichardo and all these outstanding CTV students!!
CCHS Student selected as Honoree of Florida’s Recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is recognizing the accomplishments of 30 extraordinary Hispanic Floridians, including teachers, students, community leaders and law enforcement. A Volunteer USA Teen Trendsetter is among the chosen few! Jennifer Gutierrez is currently a senior at Cooper City High School. She is a second generation American. Her maternal grandparents are from Brazil, and her paternal grandparents emigrated from Havana, Cuba. Her grandfather was an architect in Cuba. Jennifer is a leader both in school and in the community. She is ranked number 13th in her class, with a weighted GPA of 5.1. Jennifer is dual enrolled at Broward College this semester, and will take AP Spanish next semester. She has already logged 517 community service hours, and is an active member of Florida Future Educators Association, and several additional clubs including National and Spanish Honor Society. This year Jennifer will be a Teen Trendsetters™ Reading Mentor for the fourth year. Over the last few years she has been a dedicated, responsible, capable mentor. Each week she arrives prepared, and keeps her mentee actively engaged and interested. Jennifer serves an excellent role model for her mentee. Visit the Attorney General’s website and click on the Hispanic Heritage Month recognition link at http://myfloridalegal.com/
National Merit, National Hispanic Recognition Program and National Black Achievement Semi-Finalists
Cooper City High School is proud to announce the 2010 National Merit Semi-Finalists and National Achievement Semi-Finalists.
Congratulations to Marco Farrigua, Oliver Doren and Brian Yip for their outstanding performance on the PSAT last year. Their scores have earned them the highest honor of National Merit Semi-Finalist. Marco, Oliver, and Brian will now be part of the select few who will advance to the finalist competition and compete for scholarships in excess of $40,000 per year.
Congratulations are also in order for Kevin Carballo, Melissa Cohen, Marco Farrigua, Jennifer Gutierrez, Patricia Mayer, Cesar Perez, and Nate Shammay for achieving high scores on the PSAT and maintaining a GPA of 3.0. These students are recognized as outstanding Hispanic/Latino high school students as part of the National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars or Honorable Mentions, and they are among the only 5000 students who are being recognized nationwide for this distinction.
In addition, congratulations to Ruben Pierre-Antoine for his outstanding performance on the PSAT last year as well. Ruben has earned the right to advance in the National Achievement Scholarship Program, a program for high-achieving black American students.
Finally, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation has recognized the followed COMMENDED SCHOLARS for their exceptional academic promise as demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the qualifying PSAT: Eric Antmann, John C. Baker, Dara Charson, Eduardo Juncosa, Eva Paelinck, James Pagano, Tim Pearlstine, Cesar Perez, Ruben Pierre-Antoine, Ben Shuham, and Johanna Silver.
We are very proud of these students who have achieved these most prestigious honors. Hats off to all of you!
Congratulations to the Language Arts Department
They have received a commendation from the National Council of Teachers of English for excellence in their instructional program as revealed by the contribution of the high quality of writing from two of their students. Please join us in congratulating Oliver Doren and Megan Matthews for their superior performance in writing. Bravo!!! The Lariat and Journalist Earn National Recognition
Tom Grozan, Journalism Advisor, has announced that The Lariat just received gold medal certification from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. This is national recognition and the highest rating awarded from the CSPA. The Lariat also received a first class designation earlier in the summer from the National Scholastic Press Association. We are very proud of our Journalism students!! Jennifer Pritchard (09 graduate) was named a National Scholastic Press Association Story of the Year finalist for her article "Think Before You Ink" which ran in the April 2009 issue of The Lariat. Jennifer was one of six people in the entire country recognized in her category and if she wins, she will receive a $1000 prize. Best of luck Jennifer!
2009-2010
Cooper City High School
9401 Stirling Rd Cooper City, FL 33328
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